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In Hesiod’s Theogony, female divinities and their positions in the universe are presented through stories of great length. The effects of the female powers are abundant and critical. Even moreso, their origin and characteristics have great connotation reflectin ....

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.... vast degree that “with his right (hand) he swung/the fiendishly long and jagged sickle, pruning the genitals/of his own father with one swoop and tossing them” without hesitation in anger(Hesiod, 66). the genitals were throw “ into the restless, white-capped sea/ Where they floated a long time. A white foam from the god-flesh/Collected around them, and in that foam a maiden developed/And grew(Hesiod, 66).” This maiden is Aphrodite. The foam signifies a womb to spontaneous creation and is resembling a women’s assets in order to support a baby. Now “from (Zeus’) own head he gave birth to owl-eyed Athena(Hesio,87).” The two women bo ....